Ning Fa steadied his mind.
He used the scroll again for tracing the origin.
This time, he was tracing the origin of a cultivation technique he had previously purchased from Tongbao Pavilion, which had also caused the scroll to react back then.
However, the reaction was rather subdued.
This cultivation technique was named Illusory Spirit Steps.
It was a Yellow Tier Upper Grade secret art, specifically for cultivating movement techniques.
The grade of this movement technique was already not low. Being able to cultivate a movement technique called Illusory Spirit Steps.
Once activated, the movement technique would be extremely agile and difficult to predict.
When Ning Fa dueled Ning Jinguang previously, the latter's movement technique had left a deep impression on him.
Wei Shiqin had also mentioned that this movement technique was derived from an ancient cultivation technique.
The Mysterious Scroll did not disappoint Ning Fa, directly tracing the origin of this cultivation technique.
This cultivation technique was named Illusory Demon Art.
It had a total of five layers, and the scroll traced the general principles and the first three layers.
The general principles clearly recorded that this cultivation technique was of Heaven Tier Lower Grade.
By cultivating this technique, one could master a powerful movement technique called Illusory Demon Steps.
This cultivation technique was extraordinary, allowing the cultivator's movement to be like a ghost, illusory and demonic, making it impossible for others to react.
When cultivated to a profound level, it could even allow for extremely powerful escape techniques.
For a short period, one could even directly flee for several miles, or even tens of miles.
It could be considered a life-saving divine skill.
However, cultivating this technique also had high requirements.
It required the cultivator to possess a powerful physical body. Otherwise, forcing its use would cause considerable damage to the body.
Strictly speaking, this cultivation technique was specifically equipped for powerful body cultivators in ancient times.
Cultivating this technique would grant extremely strong charge-in capabilities.
Combined with the powerful physique of a body cultivator, it would undoubtedly be a nightmare for spell cultivators.
Ning Fa attached great importance to this cultivation technique.
He had previously watched the combat recording of Ning Huarong.
Ning Huarong's ghostly movement technique had left him with lingering fear.
As long as he cultivated this technique, given its grade.
His movement technique would only be better than hers, not weaker.
One month later.
In a pavilion on the edge of Small Bamboo Island.
Ning Fa sat on a stone chair within, gazing at the lake in the distance, lost in thought.
Just now, his paternal uncle and cousin had come to find him and told him some things.
Firstly, the spiritual island Ning Fa had applied for had been approved by the family. The efficiency was extremely high.
This was naturally due to Ning Fa's current status and the fact that the Sect Affairs Hall was under the jurisdiction of the Second Elder.
The spiritual island was named Red Maple Island, named after the many maple trees on it.
Although this island was not as large as Pingchang Island, it possessed a First Tier Middle Grade spirit vein.
The spiritual energy concentration was even slightly higher than that of a typical Middle Grade spirit vein.
Ning Fa had asked his paternal uncle to go to the Sect Affairs Hall to change the name of Red Maple Island back to Pingchang Island.
After all, Pingchang Island was no longer just an island name; it was a symbol of the branch family and could not be easily changed.
As for what the original Pingchang Island was called, he was too lazy to bother.
Meanwhile, Ning Muchun and his Fourth Uncle, Ning Baiquan, once again sought Ning Zhengqian's help to plead their case.
After all, Ning Fa had previously stated that if their two families wanted to move to the new spiritual island, each family would have to pay a per-person fee.
Especially Ning Muchun's family, who had to pay one thousand spirit stones per person.
Ning Muchun had tearfully complained to Ning Zhengqian that they had sold everything they owned to pay the two thousand three hundred spirit stones to Ning Fa.
They simply couldn't afford these spirit stones now.
Although Ning Baiquan's family only had to pay three hundred spirit stones per person, the total amount was not small, and they couldn't easily afford it either.
But Ning Fa didn't care about these things.
He had even specifically emphasized that Ning Muchun's family must pay the full spirit stones before they could move.
As for Fourth Uncle's family, he could turn a blind eye. If one person paid the spirit stones, one person could go up.
Ning Zhengqian knew Ning Fa's temperament now and didn't dare to persuade him further.
The second matter.
It was about the shop on Jinchang Island Market.
Before Ning Fa went to Tianshui Market, he gave Ning Zhengqian a batch of pills worth nearly a thousand spirit stones.
He asked him to purchase spiritual materials and prepare for the opening.
However, opening a shop was not a simple matter.
Because many things couldn't be bought with just spirit stones.
One needed very strong channels for spiritual materials.
Ning Zhengqian clearly didn't have any.
He and Ning Zifeng had worked hard for over a month, and only managed to secure channels for some ordinary spiritual materials.
It was difficult to guarantee a stable supply of more precious spiritual materials, and their prices were very high.
This was not a troublesome matter for Ning Fa at this moment.
With his current relationship with Wei Shiqin, As long as Tongbao Pavilion provided a little resource, Ning Fa's small shop could rake in a fortune.
However, Ning Zhengqian told him something that surprised him a little.
The steward from the Yongchang Island branch proactively approached him, willing to provide Ning Zhengqian with a considerable amount of spiritual materials at a very favorable price.
This even included some very scarce resources, and they could provide a long-term supply.
For example, high-grade Talisman Ink, some first-tier mid-to-upper grade spiritual grasses, and high-quality spiritual rice.
This Ning Fa did not expect.
But he immediately understood the intentions of the Yongchang Island branch.
It seemed they still wanted to push for his marriage with Ning Wanyun.
That's why they proactively showed goodwill.
Ning Fa couldn't help but feel a little troubled.
Because these things were not so easy to accept.
If he really became Dao companions with Ning Wanyun, it would be fine. But if it didn't work out, it would be quite awkward.
After a moment of thought, Ning Fa instructed Ning Zhengqian to only accept some of the spiritual materials.
This way, he wouldn't completely disregard Sixth Elder's face, and could also indirectly express his thoughts.
And the last matter.
It was that the next family Heir Competition had finally been set.
The rules for this Heir Competition had changed significantly.
Except for the branches of the four Foundation Establishment elders, the direct descendant status of all other direct descendant branches was voided.
This meant they needed to participate in the competition again and secure a ranking to regain their direct descendant status.
And the Ning Family's direct descendant slots had directly increased from the original eight to twelve.
In other words, as long as one participated in the Heir Competition and achieved a top-eight ranking, their branch would gain direct descendant status.
This was thanks to the Ning Family's rapid growth in strength over the years, allowing them to add four direct descendant slots at once.
But because the original four direct descendant branches also had to participate in the competition, this meant that this competition would be unprecedentedly fierce.
Ning Fa secretly thought that this competition was coming at a good time.
In two years, himself...
He didn't dare to imagine how strong he would be.
At that time, he would use this Heir Competition to truly announce his rise.
At that time, he would make other Ning Family members treat him and Ning Huairong equally.
Moreover, the Yuan Chang Island branch, where Ning Ruiming was located, also had to participate in the competition.
This made Ning Fa clap his hands in joy.
He had already made up his mind to sever the Yuan Chang Island branch's direct descendant status himself.
To make up for his father Ning Zhiyuan's regret from the previous competition.
Ning Fa continued to sit in the pavilion.
He thought of that Jade Dragon Pill.
Looking at the calm water surface in the distance, a smile curved his lips.
The arrogant Third Elder probably never imagined that the Jade Dragon Pill recipe he bought had problems.
There were several issues with the pill-refining steps.
Or perhaps it couldn't be said to have problems.
According to Ning Fa's estimation, the Jade Dragon Pill recipe was likely incomplete and had been supplemented by someone else later.
However, the supplemented parts were somewhat incompatible with the preceding and succeeding refining steps, appearing as a clumsy addition.
It was like a road suddenly becoming bumpy in the middle, making it naturally very difficult to traverse.
Perhaps it was truly possible to refine the Jade Dragon Pill according to this supplemented recipe, but it would undoubtedly be extremely difficult.
That's why even Liu Qinghui, after studying the recipe for so long, couldn't even refine a failed pill.
Ning Fa knew all this because the scroll had traced back the complete Jade Dragon Pill recipe.
This truly made him chuckle to himself.
However, even though he had obtained the complete recipe, refining this pill was still not easy.
After all, this was a genuine ancient recipe with extremely high refining difficulty.
Compared to the Three Yuan Pill, its difficulty was on a completely different level.
Therefore, Ning Fa still needed some time to repeatedly attempt refining it, but this was only a matter of time.
Moreover, for Ning Fa now, the urgent matter was not the Jade Dragon Pill, but the Nine Revolutions Purple Yuan Powder.
Wei Shiqin's efficiency was extremely high.
Within a few days, she had delivered the remaining spiritual materials to Ning Fa.
Furthermore, she had come in person to deliver them, and her purpose was not solely to catch up with Ning Fa.
She had actually learned that Ning Fa was secretly refining the Jade Dragon Pill on Small Bamboo Island.
The reason was that Tongbao Pavilion already possessed the Jade Dragon Pill recipe and had attempted to refine it for a period.
However, after investing significant resources with no success, they were forced to give up.
Since the Ning Family had purchased a considerable amount of key spiritual materials for the Jade Dragon Pill from Tongbao Pavilion, Wei Shiqin had already become suspicious.
Now, seeing Ning Fa appear on this Small Bamboo Island filled with green jade bamboo, she was immediately certain.
After confirming this matter, this woman directly asked Ning Fa if he had the confidence to refine the Jade Dragon Pill.
If Ning Fa had confidence, then Wei Shiqin intended to negotiate a cooperation with the Ning Family to refine this pill.
Considering their current relationship, Ning Fa gave an affirmative answer.
Wei Shiqin was highly efficient and quickly signed a cooperation agreement with the Ning Family.
In the future, Tongbao Pavilion would provide some resources, and once the Ning Family successfully refined this pill, they would need to supply a portion of it to Tongbao Pavilion.
Now that the spiritual materials for the Nine Revolutions Purple Yuan Powder were complete, he could proceed to refine this body-tempering potion to aid his cultivation.
Excitement flashed in Ning Fa's eyes, and he immediately got up to leave.